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as in preacher
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as in moralist
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Recent Examples of moralizer
Fowler certainly was a moralizer, just maybe not in the way Jespersen meant.
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Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralizer
Noun
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Officials further described him as a longtime preacher.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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The character later married the town’s preacher played by a pre-Three’s Company John Ritter.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Christian moralists thundered against the sinful pleasures of watching naked female flesh at the Spectacles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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For every cultural good, identity has become fused with the object of interest, turning previously normal people leading unremarkable lives into Steak ’n Shake beef-tallow purists, Harry Potter moralists, or cast-iron-pan-cleaning radicals.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That number could rise further in the next decade as costs fall with more ice-capable hulls hitting the water and technological advances, said Hanne Nielsen, a senior lecturer of Antarctic law at the University of Tasmania.—
Sam McNeil,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Detailed look at 1814 British attack on our nation’s capital, with Denver Brunsman, associate professor of history at George Washington University, lecturer at Mount Vernon, and scholar of the American revolution and early American republic.—
Staff Report,
Baltimore Sun,
6 May 2026
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However, rather than blithely dismiss the consequences of legalization with eye-rolling contempt for the puritans, supporters should confront the adverse societal effects of cannabis — the pervasive urban stench, the traffic deaths and the pernicious effects on youth.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Austere antiquity is in constant conflict with more sensual, modern impulses — a tension that feels productive applied to a story of the Shakers, puritans whom time has proven too pure for this world.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
1 Sep. 2025
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Long-time Grasso’s Garage readers know Volvo reigns supreme in the luxury category, and this week, the proof is in the pudding.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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The disparity between last year’s sales and this year’s was the subject of a Lefsetz Report newsletter that went out to music industry readers shortly before Malone made his announcement.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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Reconciliation today Searching for a path forward, contemporary Sámi artist and Lutheran catechist Lars Levi Sunna began to produce church art that incorporated and celebrated pre-Christian Sámi symbols – some of the very traditions that had been demonized by clergy of the past.—
Thomas A. DuBois,
The Conversation,
27 June 2025
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But Philip Siphong Onphitak, the village religious teacher, or catechist, assumed leadership of his flock, keeping up resistance until Dec. 16, when he was murdered in the jungle, reportedly by Boonlue.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
18 Nov. 2019
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“Moralizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralizer. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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